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Ontario has 52 cities, [1] which together had in 2016 a cumulative population of 9,900,179 and average population of 190,388. [2] The most and least populous are Toronto and Dryden, with 2,794,356 and 7,749 residents, respectively. [2] Ontario's newest city is Richmond Hill, whose council voted to change from a town to a city on March 26, 2019. [3]
This is a list of incorporated cities in Canada, in alphabetical order categorized by province or territory. More thorough lists of communities are available for each province. More thorough lists of communities are available for each province.
A city is displayed in bold if it is a provincial or federal capital (Ottawa). An italicized city is its largest in its province. The three territories ( Yukon , Northwest Territories , Nunavut ) and one province ( Prince Edward Island ) do not have municipalities among the 100 most populous in Canada.
Province/territory Largest municipality 2nd largest 3rd largest Alberta: Calgary: Edmonton: Strathcona County: British Columbia: Vancouver: Surrey: Burnaby: Manitoba
In the Greater Toronto Area, there are 25 incorporated municipalities in either York Region, Halton Region, Peel Region, Durham Region or Toronto. According to the 2021 census, the Greater Toronto Area has a total population of 6,711,985. Municipalities in the Greater Toronto Area
Ontario's largest municipality by population is the City of Toronto with 2,794,356 residents, while the largest by land area is the City of Greater Sudbury at 3,186.26 km 2 (1,230.22 sq mi). [4] The City of Ottawa, Canada's capital city, is the province's second-most populous municipality with 1,017,449 residents. [4]
A significant change is that, after holding the position of largest city in Canada on all 19 previous censuses, covering the first 129 years of the nation of Canada, Montreal drops to second place on the list, displaced by Toronto. These two cities have maintained the same top two positions on all subsequent censuses.
A city's metropolitan area in colloquial or administrative terms may be different from its CMA as defined by Statistics Canada, resulting in differing populations. Such is the case with the Greater Toronto Area , where its metro population is notably higher than its CMA population due to its inclusion of the neighbouring Oshawa CMA to the east ...